The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-15

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Industrial and Manufacturing Notes.
HoTwee Il Reese paid this week So. 635. 20
duty on Ill crates of earthenware.
The Indianapolis starch works are running M
to about half their capacity, consuming 2, 500
bushels of corn per day.
Dean Bros. have just completed alarge steam
pump for the Hamburg Distillery Company, of
Peoria, ILL., 1t is capable OF pumping l, 900 gal
Ions of water Der minute.
Kingan e Co, contemplate more improve
ments and have recently purchased several hun
dred thousand brick for the purpose of enlarg-
ing their establishment.
w. II. Bennett s. Son have been awarded the
contract for furnishing thirty-eight mantels and
CRATES in the Nv yandotte' apartment house, to
be set for using natural gas.
The supply of brick is becoming much more
satisfactory. and several improvements NOV
ing briskly. 1t is estimated that thirty million
brick will be used IN this city this year.
q Chandler e. Taylor yesterday shipped an en-
gine and boiler I'd Birmingham. Ala, and one to
Ventenas, Mexico. This is the second of the
same dimensions sent to the last named point
J. W. Hadley, of the Hadley Shoe Company.
is in the East visiting hoe-manufacturIne CEN
tiers to what there is in machinery,
with view of introducing it in his works here.
Fletcher & Thomas in the month of June
shipped Quaker brick machines and pug mills to
ten different States. Six machines were sent
into the Southern States and two to New Eng
land.
Inc Cdell WO0uen-War6 Company mas this
week shipped two carloads of step ladders to
Australia The export demand for their pro-
duction is reaching nearly the proportions OF
their home demand.
Snker. Davis & Co.. closed contract yester-
day to furnish a Touring mill OF sixty barrels
per day capacity, to Low 81 Son, of Brainbridge,
Ind. and mill of fifty barrels per day capacity
to go to North Salem Ind
Capt. j. A. Humphrey is rnanuf acturing a
broom for railway service specially. which the
supply agents are purchasing largely. Shipments
were made yesterday to the purchasing agents
of the roads running into Columbus, o.. Terro
Haute and St. Louis.
The Atlas engine works yesterday turned
out their 4,997th engine since they commenced
operations on April %, 1873. There is not a
State Territory in this country where their
engines are not to be found. and in seven for
elgn countries their engines are in service.
The India napolis Misunderstanding and Supply
Company, although new concern. is crowded
with work The company is now putting in q
power plant at Banton & Watson's elevator a
power plant at A. B. Gates's spice and coffee
MILL aud one at j. E. Sulliyans ice manufactur-
ing establishments.
A. b. Gates & Co.. will today commence to
remove the machinery of their spice and coffee
mills from their old building into the new one
just completed in the of their establish
mont on Maryland street. They now have
of the largest spice and coffee mills in the
country.
The long-established house of c. E. Geisen-
dorf have built up trade that extends all over
Inc country. In one day. recently, they made
shipments of wooden goods and blankets to
points in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan. Wis
consin. New York, Maryland. Pennsylvania and
Missouri.
The Indianapolis foundry is casting twelve
driving wheels weighing 2 100 pounds each. and
twelve cylinders, weighing 1900 pounds each.
for the Indiana. Bloomington g. Western Rail-
road Company. THIS establishment il dong a
large amount of work for railroads Two Chi
cago roads como here to get certain kinds of
work done.
The terra Gotta works constructing an
elegant massive front,spece to be placed in
front of the new building going up at Knights
town for the Soldiers Orphans Home. 1t is said
to be very unique and attractive in its designs.
The terra Gotta works getting we'll
their feet again and crowded with orders
They are now working forty mon.
The present is the most prosperous season
tina. the ice de alers have experienced in the last
ten years. The long heated term has been very
favorable to their business. and the pool'pri
have been well maintained. The nine leading
firms are now working forty teams daily. distrib-
utlng ice at the rate of 12o to $50 tons der day.
This includes what they deliver TO butchers and
saloons
TIE public elevators are doing n othing, the
workings of the interstate law having
petaiy paralzed this industry, aud there seem
to be no relief unless Indianapolis is allo we'd the
privilege of being in-traneit milling point.
This light help the elevators some. It would
certainly help the Touring mills. The private
elevators are not SO bad off. as they buy and
sell grain and are bound by no elevator rules as
TO prices
George E. Field, manager of the affairs of the
Remin gton standard type writer here has de-
vised a simple and convenient method for carry
ing the paper roll the paper feeding from
this roll as the machine requires it. 1t saves the
time and trouble Of every few minutes putting
in new sheet, which is q great convenience
when one has long article to write In con-
nection with this improvement he has a cutter
which cuts the sheet any place desired
SIN ooth1y and expeditiouey The company think 9
SO much of his inventions that they will get let
rers patent on them.